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October 2026 CVE archive

Records last modified in NIST NVD between Oct 1 and Oct 31, 2026 (UTC). Data imported from the NVD CVE API 2.0 and the CISA KEV catalog; each record shows its own source and verification time. The modified view only includes records that were CRITICAL or CISA-KEV-listed when imported — it is not a complete list of every modification.

Published in October 2026Materially updated (Critical / KEV)
Total records
21,937
Critical
3,121
High
7,064
Medium
6,901
Low
608
Severity not reported
4,243
In CISA KEV
186

Most affected vendors (by CPE data where available): microsoft (1423), linux (722), google (413), ibm (321), oracle (193), mozilla (182), adobe (165), broadcom (118), apache (115), fabian (98)

CVESeverityCVSSKEVVendor / productPublishedModified
CVE-2026-83505
Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Windows Setup Files Cleanup...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-85354
Use after free in Windows Error Reporting allows an authorized attacker to eleva...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-73027
External control of system or configuration setting in Windows Setup Files Clean...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-85355
Inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere in Windows Common Log F...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-83499
Insufficient granularity of access control in Windows Server Update Service allo...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-85356
Out-of-bounds read in Windows Volume Manager Extension Driver allows an authoriz...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-81969
Insufficient granularity of access control in Windows Server Update Service allo...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-83508
Out-of-bounds read in Windows NTFS allows an authorized attacker to elevate priv...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-81971
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-71347
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70580
Missing authentication for critical function in Windows Credential Guard allows...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1809 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70566
Null pointer dereference in Windows Schannel allows an authorized attacker to el...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70299
Improper access control in Windows Bind Filter Driver allows an authorized attac...
high 8.8 —Microsoft / windows 11 23h2 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70286
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Win32K - GRFX allows an authorized attacke...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-85357
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 11 23h2 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70278
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Foundation allows an autho...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-85358
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-85359
Improper control of generation of code ('code injection') in Windows Performance...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70272
Use after free in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate pri...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-85361
Use after free in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate pri...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70258
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Foundation allows an unaut...
high 8.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-85362
Release of invalid pointer or reference in Windows Management Instrumentation al...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70255
Heap-based buffer overflow in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attack...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1809 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70252
Use after free in Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Miniport Driver allows an authorized a...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70229
Incorrect authorization in Active Directory Domain Services allows an unauthoriz...
high 8.1 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70228
Out-of-bounds read in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to el...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1809 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70207
Heap-based buffer overflow in Network Policy Server (NPS) allows an authorized a...
high 7.5 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70250
Use after free in Windows DHCP Client allows an unauthorized attacker to execute...
high 8.8 —Microsoft / windows server 2012 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-85364
Use after free in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate pri...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70123
Numeric truncation error in Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authorized at...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-85366
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Installer allows an authorized attacker to...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-85367
Use after free in Windows Cash Drawer Protocol Provider allows an authorized att...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70126
Out-of-bounds read in Windows Bluetooth Port Driver allows an unauthorized attac...
high 7.1 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70131
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Foundation allows an unaut...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70274
Use after free in Windows Bind Filter Driver allows an authorized attacker to el...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 11 23h2 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70132
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Portable Device File System Driver allows...
high 7.8 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70133
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in Windows SMB Server allow...
high 7.5 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70134
Use after free in Windows Event Tracing allows an authorized attacker to elevate...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1809 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70136
Use after free in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attack...
high 7.0 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28
CVE-2026-70006
Use after free in Remote Desktop Client allows an unauthorized attacker to execu...
high 7.5 —Microsoft / windows 10 1607 2026-10-132026-10-28

Sources: NIST NVD (CVE API 2.0) and the CISA KEV catalog. Severity is as stated by the source; missing values are shown as “not reported”, never estimated.